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2 hospitalized after wrong-way driver causes crash on 215 Beltway

A wrong-way driver caused a head-on collision on the 215 Beltway Wednesday afternoon.

At around 4:15 p.m., a white Nissan Sentra was driving the wrong way on the northern 215 Beltway and crashed head on with a gray Chevrolet Silverado, according to Nevada Highway Patrol spokeswoman Ashlee Wellman.

Wellman said both drivers were taken to University Medical Center and that a woman driving the Nissan was suspected of driving impaired.

She said the woman’s injuries were not life threatening. Wellman said the driver of the Chevrolet also suffered injuries that were not life threatening.

NHP previously said that a man was the driver of the Nissan that caused the crash.

Westbound traffic on the 215 was closed Wednesday afternoon and traffic was being diverted off at Sky Pointe Drive, according to Wellman.

Contact David Wilson at dwilson@reviewjournal.com. Follow @davidwilson_RJ on Twitter.

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